Csr correct?

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> On May 23, 2025, at 16:58, Bill Degnan via cctalk <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> Cable and termination?
> 
>> On Fri, May 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM Peter Ekstrom via cctalk <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello to the group,
>> 
>> I have been banging my head against a PDP-11/23 where I have an RQDX3 I'm
>> trying to get to work. Actually, I have two RQDX3's but only one at a time.
>> It is configured to the factory CSR, 172150, and it has the latest
>> microcode on it. When I run the XXDP ZRQCH0 formatter I get the following:
>> 
>> RQDX3 Disk Formatter Utility
>> UNIT IS Formattable Winchester (RDnn) or Floppy (RX33) Drives
>> RSTRT ADR 145702
>> DR>STA
>> 
>> 
>> CHANGE HW (L)  ? Y
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> # UNITS (D)  ? 1
>> 
>> 
>> UNIT 0
>> Enter controller IP Address (O)  172150 ?
>> What unit do you want to format [0-255] (D)  0 ?
>> Would you like to revector a single LBN only [Y/N] (L) N ?
>> Do you want to use the "AUTOFORMAT" Mode [Y/N] (L) Y ? N
>> 
>> 
>> ZRQC SYS FTL ERR  00006 ON UNIT 00 TST 001 SUB 000 PC: 105742
>> Fatal Controller Error During Initialization.
>> 
>> 
>> ZRQC SYS FTL ERR  00006 ON UNIT 00 TST 001 SUB 002 PC: 105742
>> Fatal Controller Error During Initialization.
>> 
>> 
>> ZRQC EOP    1
>>    2 TOTAL ERRS
>> 
>> 
>> DR>
>> 
>> 
>> I have been booting XXDP and also RT11 over an emulator TU58. And I have a
>> BDV11 so it has an LTC.
>> 
>> I did try downgrading the microcode on the RQDX3 to the previous version,
>> 3. It was 4. But no luck.
>> Am I missing something? This should work with an M8186 CPU board, right?
>> 
>> Anyone have any ideas? I haven't yet, but I plan to pop one of these RQDX3s
>> in my 11/23+ and see if it works there.
>> 
>> -Peter
>> 

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